Happy New York Thursday, Afton Community! We are so thankful to our local farms and businesses who make these New York Thursdays possible!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
New York Thursday May 22nd Italian Sausage Patty Sandwich Sausage Patty - Owasco Meat Company (Moravia, NY) Pioneer Potato Salad Bacon Owasco Meat Company (Moravia, NY) Potatoes - Catskills Cattle Company (Deposit, NY) Chives - Chicory Creek Farm via Catskills Agrarian Alliance (Mount Vision, NY) Garden Salad Carrots - Chicory Creek Farm via Catskills Agrarian Allliance (Mount Vision, NY) Apple Slices Ginsberg's Fooods (Hudson, NY) Milk Upstate Farms (NYS)
Hello, Afton Community! Thank you for voting yesterday! We are pleased to announce that all the propositions and the budget passed! Please view the full announcement here: https://5il.co/3gtl5
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Thank you for voting! AFTON - The Afton Central District Board of Education would like to thank residents for their overwhelming support during the 2025-26 Board election and budget vote on Tuesday night at the Afton Middle/High School main lobby. The $20M spending plan and all other propositions passed in a show of strong community support for the District. “All propositions on our ballot passed by significant margins, which shows that our community continues to believe in Afton’s vision ‘to work collaboratively with all stakeholders to provide an educational experience that supports each student in becoming future ready’,” Board of Education President James Parkinson said. “We truly appreciate those who took the time to vote on these important propositions that will help shape the futures of our most valuable assets – our students.” Voters approved the Board to authorize the proposed 2025-26 budget (156 yes votes-67 no votes) and as well as a proposition to approve the purchase of student transportation vehicles (144 yes - 79 no). The Board of Education election results include Matthew Lashway (182 votes) was elected to a 5-year term, Ashley Sherman (176 votes) was elected to a 3-year term, and Kelly Graven-Briggs (155 votes) was elected to a 1-year term. “We are grateful for the residents who came out to vote Tuesday and are humbled by the support we continue to receive from our community year after year,” Afton Interim Superintendent Terry Dougherty said. “Thank you, voters, for helping us to continue to ‘educate all students through meaningful and personalized learning opportunities,’ consistent with the District’s mission statement.”
Afton Central School District would like to thank our outstanding students and their teachers for their performance in last night's Chorus and Band Concert!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
middle/high school chorus
faculty band
students playing trumpets
students singing
high school playing music
Congratulations to our varsity softball team on their second seed position in sectionals! The team will play in the second round on May 27th at 4:30 p.m. Please come out and support both softball teams as the modified softball team will also be playing at home at 4:30 p.m.
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Softball Team in action
Softball player with the ball.
Pitcher pitching
Softball Player making a run
Softball player with the bat
Softball player making a run
Afton students are having a fantastic time at Family Fun Day! Activities will run outside the elementary cafeteria until 6:00 p.m.
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
student with spider and Dan the snake man
students with display
student in bounce house
students with display
students with turtle
Hello, Afton Community! Family Fun Night is tonight from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. behind the elementary cafeteria! We hope to see you there!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
family fun day
Hello, Afton Community! There is an upcoming player information meeting for athletes playing modified and varsity football in the fall. Please view the flyer for more information.
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Harpursville Afton Football PLayer Parent information meeting for athletes playing modified and varsity football in the fall. Date Tuesday, May 27th 2025. Time 5:30 p.m. Where: Harpursville JR/SR High School Auditorium What to Expect Summer Workout Calendar/Information Fundraising Information Program Updates Booster Club Meeting to Follow at 6:30 p.m. If you are unable to attend but still are interested in playing or have questions about the program please conact coach Carle at jcarle@hcs.stier.org
Hello, Afton Community! This is a reminder that there are several events tomorrow: - The Annual School Budget Vote and Board Election is tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Family Fun Night is from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - The Spring Chorus and Band Concert begins at 7:00 p.m. We hope to see you there!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Afton Main Entrance
The Afton varsity softball team lost (2 - 5) to visiting Marathon. Jenna Wilson and Misty Bushaw only gave up six hits on the mound in the loss. Makenna Schultz and Emilie Hopkins both went two for three at the plate. Alyssa Spathelf and Misty Bushaw drove in the teams two runs. The team has a scrimmage next Monday at home and is waiting for their seeding for sectional play. Sectionals may begin next week!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
The Harpursville/Afton varsity baseball team won against Delhi (4 - 1)! Ryan Wright dominated on the mound with 15 strike outs! Matt Carman hitting a double scoring two runs and Timmy Barnett going two for two scoring two runs on the night.  The team anticipates playing this Sunday in sectional play! Let's go, Team!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Afton Varsity Baseball Team in Action
Team Huddle
Ryan Wright Pitching
Hello, Afton Community! Our Spring Chorus & Band Concert is on Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. We hope to see you there!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Afton Central School Proudly Presents Spring Chorus & Band Concert Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m. https://www.aftoncsd.org/
Afton Central School District will have an early dismissal at 11:15 a.m. today for staff professional development.
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Ryan Wright is in the running for News 34 Tioga State Bank Athlete of the Week! You can vote for him here: https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/sports/athlete-of-the-week/vote-for-athlete-of-the-week-5-14-25/#/gallery
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
The Afton varsity softball team earned their fourth consecutive win in their (11 - 8) victory against Sidney! Miranda Schultz and Misty Bushaw picked up two hits each and drove in three RBIs. Jenna Wilson picked up the win on the mound with six strikeouts. At the plate Wilson went one for two and scored two runs. Makenna Schultz went one for three scoring a run along with Alyssa Spathelf and Emilie Hopkins. Ariana Florance, McKenna Ross, Kathleen Charette, Megan Racine and Madicine Kern scored in the win. The team plays Friday at home against Marathon at 4:30.
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
afton player in action
Harpursville/Afton baseball traveled to Greene and pulled it of in the top of seventh inning scoring two runs. Matt Carman had three hits on the day with two triples and a single with two RBIs and scoring twice. Timothy Barnett had a single and 2 stolen bases. Jayden Dillon had one hit and one RBI. Trent Franklin and Davin Warren each had one hit. Ryan wright scored one run and one stolen base. Davin Warren pitched and got five strikeouts.  Paul Shelton had three strikeouts. Matt Carman had 5 strikeouts.  This was a great defensive game for the Crimson Hornets. They face Delhi tomorrow night in Afton.
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Pitcher in action
Congratulations to Jenna Conklin for her recognition at Scholar Awards! We are proud of your excellent work, Jenna!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Jenna Conklin at Scholar Recognition night
Hello, Afton Community! Please review this important update related to the PowerSchool cybersecurity incident experienced in December 2024. https://5il.co/3g5gn
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
May 12, 2025 Dear Afton Parents and Guardians, We are writing to inform you of a recent development related to the cybersecurity incident PowerSchool experienced in December 2024. PowerSchool is aware that a threat actor has reached out to multiple school district customers in an attempt to extort them using data from the previously reported December 2024 incident. PowerSchool does not believe this is a new incident. Please be assured that both PowerSchool and Afton Central School District are taking this situation very seriously. PowerSchool has informed us they are working with cybersecurity experts to thoroughly assess this development and have reported it to law enforcement in both Canada and the United States. As a reminder, following that incident PowerSchool also offered and made available credit monitoring and identity protection services for a period of two years to students and faculty of Afton Central School District regardless of whether they were individually involved. We encourage all those who were offered these services to take advantage of them by May 30: https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/notice-of-united-states-data-breach/ As was reported earlier this year, PowerSchool made the decision to pay a ransom because they believed it to be in the best interest of their customers and the students and communities they serve. As is always the case with these situations, there was a risk that the bad actors would not delete the data they stole, despite assurances and evidence that were provided PowerSchool. We wanted to share this update as part of our ongoing commitment to transparency. We remain committed to working closely with PowerSchool and law enforcement to provide support in any way we can. Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have any questions, please email Stacy Huyck, Afton Central School District, Data Protection Officer, at shuyck@aftoncsd.org. Sincerely, Terry Terrance P. Dougherty, Ph.D. Interim Superintendent Afton CSD
Congratulations to our varsity softball team in their win against Delhi last night (22 - 13)! Afton had 16 hits scoring 22 runs. Afton gained an early lead and played tight defense highlighted by a sliding catch by McKenna Ross. Delhi came back to take the lead mid game. Afton scored 9 runs in the 6th inning helped to solidify the win. Jenna Wilson had 6 strikeouts! Kathleen Charette, Makenna Schultz, Megan Racine, Alyssa Spathelf, and Jenna Wilson had multiple RBIs. Makenna Schultz went four for five on the night with a double and Megan Racine went five for six with three doubles and six RBIs. Miranda Schultz, Misty Bushaw, Emilie Hopkins, Kadence Racine, and Madicine Kern scored runs. The team plays at Sidney on Wednesday night for the second round of the MAC tournament. Let's go, Team!
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Player scoring a hit
Player scoring a run
Player high-fiving a coach
Player on base
Player making a hit
Player making a run
Team photo in the huddle
Afton player in action - catcher
Player in action on the field
Jenna Wilson Pitching
Elementary and Middle/High School Yearbooks are available for purchase! The deadline to order is May 18th. You can order them here: https://tinyurl.com/2s443f28
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Order Your Yearbook Today Elementary and MS/HS available Elementary Hardcover $25 Soft Cover $16 M.S/H.S Hardcover $40, Soft Cover - $32
Afton/Harpursville traveled to Oxford and won 1-0 in league match with Ryan Wright hitting a mile stone 400+ strike out tonight with a one-hitter and Matt Carman in relief to finish the game. Jayden Delion had a solid night at the plate with a sacrificial RBI. Great all around baseball game by our baseball team. Depending on the results, our baseball team has one home and one away game this week.
3 months ago, Afton Central School District
Ryan Wright with 400 Career Strikeouts
Ryan Wright with Matthew Carman
Matthew Carman pitching
Ryan Wright, Matthew Carman and coaches